Federal health officials have decided to consider new warning labels and child-resistant packaging for the products with liquid nicotine packs like electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products.

The FDA said in a notice in the Federal Register that it is looking for public comments and other data about what requirements it should impose on manufacturers of liquid nicotine, the use of which has skyrocketed alongside the growing popularity of e-cigarettes.

The agency the previous year detailed about its plans to start regulating the e-cigarette industry under a 2009 law that gave it authority over a broad range of tobacco products, but it has yet to finalize any new rules.

The new regulations, which are to include a ban on sales to anyone under the age of 18 and health warning labels on e-cigarettes, could come most probably this summer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year reported that the calls to poison centers across the country involving e-cigarettes had surged.

The agency revealed that between September 2010 and February 2014, calls involving e-cigarettes rose nationally from about one per month to 215 per month.

According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, the number of exposure calls involving liquid nicotine rose to nearly 4,000 in 2014, which is more than double the previous year's data.

Public health officials said that many of these calls include children below the age of six, which can suffer serious health consequences from ingesting the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes.

Sandra Hassink, the group's president, said, "The FDA has clear authority to keep children safe from liquid nicotine poisoning, and we urge the agency to issue the strongest possible safety standards for liquid nicotine refills as soon as possible".